Trousers-waistband



1. MARCUS AND J. F. BERGEN. TROUSERS WAISTBAND. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 28, 1920- 1,351,257, Patented Aug. 31,1920.

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ATT NEY UNITED STATES ATE T QZ IQE JACOB MARCUS Ania- OHN r. BERGEN, o'F BnooK Y'N, new YORK.

To all whom it may concern Be it known thatwe, JACOB MAnoUs and JOHN F. BERGEN, both'citizens of Republic of Poland, residing at Brooklyn, county of New York, State of New York,-have invented certain. new and useful Improvements in TrouserseWaistbands, ofwhich the.

following is'a specification. V

Thisv invention relates to improvements in trousers-waistbands, pertaining more particularly to the production of such asan article of manufacture of suchform as to permit its bodily attachment to the trousers with a minimum amount of careful attention. r M The invention is particularly. related to that type of waistband formed of two pieces of material, namely a stiffener element and a liner element .and such as that disclosed by. our. former. UQS. Patent No. 1,321,536 issued November 11th, 1919.

a multiplicity of elements, each formed from a strip of material of the desired length and width, these being generally produced by the tailor and assembled by him when forming the waistband. As will be understood, the cutting of these elements into strip form necessarily produces a raw edge efiect at the opposite edges of the strip, and this forms one reason for the requirement of the binder or binders and the particular folding re- .quired to hide these raw edges with their and'eflicient manner and sold as such for use as desired bythe tailor who is not required toprovide the careful detailed attentionto the assembly, the structure itself meetin this particular problem. 7 v

To these and other ends, the nature of which willbe readily understood, said invention consists in the improved construction and combination of parts, hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accomand thus rnoUsERs-WAIsr nD. 1

. i Specification of Letters Patent. Aug, 1920; Application filed February 28, 1920. Ser iaI No. 362,170. I ii panying drawings," and more particularly 5 pointed outin theappended'claim.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar reference characters indicate simi lar parts in each of theviews' Figure 1:is a-perspective View of a part applied thereto. v

F 1g. 2 is aperspective viewof a'portion the structure applied. The composite structure is of the liner element, thus producing a strong shown. in' Fig; '2 andcomprises-a stilfener element 6 and a liner element. 7, these being assembled to produce the structure required for the inner formation "of the waistband. As will be 7 seen',the stiffener is of the usual strip-like formationandits lower edge 8is turned up'-- wardly and inwardly, toward the inner face Heretofore it has been the general practice to produce the waistbands of trousers from 'of a trousers flapishowing the-invention multiply formation/which is adapted 'to be stitched to the trousers material.

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methods so thatthe widths of thetwo elements do not vary throughout their-lengths,

I This step. also conceals the raw edge of the stiffener prevents it from fraying or unrav' The'liner 7 is also of strip type and can, like the stiffener, be produced by standard and such widths can bemaintained stand-- ard to size.

equal width and are arranged to extend below the lower edge of the stiffener so as to The liner is-first manipulated f I to provide alongitudinal fold 9 the opposite walls of which are of substantiallyprovide a curtain 10. A second longitudinal or return fold 11 is nextprovided upon the inner wall or ply of the initial fold, ofthe liner, after which the five plies thus produced, by the manipulation of both the stiffener and liner elements, -are stitched ,to-

gether by a. single line of stitches 12 producing the structure of Fig. 2.

When the composite structure is to be I applied,.the free longitudinal edge of the stiffener is placed at the proper pointon the inner side of the trousers material 13," as for instance along the upper edge as shown in Fig. 3, and the structure of Fig. 2 I laid on the inner face of the trousers material, the inner ply of the stiflt'ener being in contact with the material, as shown in Fig.4 3; the free portion of the liner is then turned up to the full line position of Fig.

8 and secured in position, a simple form being to close the upper edges of the trousers material, stiffener and liner; by a binder 14C. The curtain 10 is next turned back and a line of stitches 15 is then run through the two plies of the stiffener near the lower edge thereof, thus .the structure'is fastened at both edges and cannot work up above tion of the stiffener that is secured to the trousers material invisible and giving the trousers a very neat, finished and attractive appearance.

While we have herein disclosed a preferred embodiment of our invention, and

disclosed a way in which it may be employed, it will be readily understood that changes and modifications therein-'maybe found desirableor necessary in meeting the various exigencies of use, and .we desire to be understood as reserving the right to make any and all such. changes or modifica-- tions therein as may befound necessary or essential in so far as the same may fall within the spirlt and scope of the lnventlon,

as expressed in the accompanying claim when broadly construed.

Elaving thus described our inventlon, what we claim as new 1s As a new article of commerce, a unitary waistband structure for trousers comprismg a stiffener element and a liner element, said stiffener element being folded to provide a multiply formation along one of its 1 longitudinal edges and said liner element be ing folded along one of its longitudinal edges to provide a skirt in overlying relation to said folded edgeof the stiffener, 'saidstiffener and liner elements being jointed to gether by a line of stitches extending through the plies of their folded portions and the said stitches being adapted to be concealed by a ply of the liner element when in applied position. 7 p

' In testimony whereof, we have signed our names to this specification this 26th day of February 1920. i I r V o JACOB; MARCUS.

JOHN. F. BERGEN. 

